συμπάθεια

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σῠμπᾰθῐ́ᾱ (sumpathíā)

Etymology

From σῠμπᾰθής (sumpathḗs, “affected by like feelings; exerting mutual influence, interacting”) +‎ -ῐᾰ (-ia, “-y”, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sym.pá.tʰeː.a/ → /symˈpa.θi.a/ → /simˈba.θi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sym.pá.tʰeː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /symˈpa.tʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /symˈpa.θi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /symˈpa.θi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /simˈba.θi.a/

Noun

σῠμπᾰ́θειᾰ • (sumpátheia) f (genitive σῠμπᾰθείᾱς); first declension

1. fellow feeling, sympathy
2. (philosophy) affection, affinity
   1. (music) (of chords) vibrating together
3. (astronomy) affinity, concord of heavenly bodies
4. (grammar) analogy
5. (medicine) sympathetic affection of the body

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σῠμπᾰ́θειᾰ; τῆς σῠμπᾰθείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠμπᾰ́θειᾰ hē sumpátheia	τὼ σῠμπᾰθείᾱ tṑ sumpatheíā	αἱ σῠμπᾰ́θειαι hai sumpátheiai
Genitive	τῆς σῠμπᾰθείᾱς tês sumpatheíās	τοῖν σῠμπᾰθείαιν toîn sumpatheíain	τῶν σῠμπᾰθειῶν tôn sumpatheiôn
Dative	τῇ σῠμπᾰθείᾳ têi sumpatheíāi	τοῖν σῠμπᾰθείαιν toîn sumpatheíain	ταῖς σῠμπᾰθείαις taîs sumpatheíais
Accusative	τὴν σῠμπᾰ́θειᾰν tḕn sumpátheian	τὼ σῠμπᾰθείᾱ tṑ sumpatheíā	τᾱ̀ς σῠμπᾰθείᾱς tā̀s sumpatheíās
Vocative	σῠμπᾰ́θειᾰ sumpátheia	σῠμπᾰθείᾱ sumpatheíā	σῠμπᾰ́θειαι sumpátheiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• σῠμπᾰθέω (sumpathéō, verb)
• σῠμπᾰ́θησῐς (sumpáthēsis, noun)

Descendants

Descendants of συμπάθεια

• Greek: συμπάθεια (sympátheia)
• → Latin: sympathīa
  • → Middle French: sympathie
    • French: sympathie
    • → Dutch: sympathie
    • → English: sympathy
    • → Polish: sympatia
      • → Russian: симпа́тия f (simpátija), сочу́вствие n inan (sočúvstvije) (calque)
  • → German: Sympathie
  • → Italian: simpatia
  • → Portuguese: simpatia
  • → Spanish: simpatía
  • → Swedish: sympati
• → Finnish: sympatia
• → Serbo-Croatian: simpatija

References

• “συμπάθεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Further reading

• συμπάθεια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Noun

συμπάθεια • (sympátheia) f (plural συμπάθειες)

1. fellow feeling, sympathy

Declension

Declension of συμπάθεια

	singular	plural
nominative	συμπάθεια •	συμπάθειες •
genitive	συμπάθειας •	συμπαθειών •
accusative	συμπάθεια •	συμπάθειες •
vocative	συμπάθεια •	συμπάθειες •

Antonyms

• αντιπάθεια (antipátheia)

Related terms

• συμπαθητικός (sympathitikós, “sympathetic”)
• συμπαθώ (sympathó, “to sympathise”)
• συμπάσχω (sympáscho, “to empathise”)